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J. M. MOORE.

BRUSH. l No. 275,932. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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NITED STATES JENNIE M. MOORE, OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA.

I BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,932, dated April 17, 1883.

Application led August 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JENNIE M. MOORE, of lWhite Sulphur Springs,in the county ofGreenbrier and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View illustrating amoditication.

Corresponding parts in the several gures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to brushes or devices for applying duid; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereunto annexed, A represents a tube, of glass, metal, or other suitable material, the upper end of which is enlarged or funnel-shaped, as at B, and provided with a stopper, O, the lower end of which has a groove or notch, D, and the upper end of which has a handle, E.

F is a plug fitted in the lower-end olA tube A, and having an annular collar, G, which prevents its going in too far. The plug F has a longitudinal perforation, H, in the lower end of which the hair, bristles, or other materia-l M, constituting the brush,is fitted and suitably secured, without preventing the passage of fluid through the perforation A. The part of plug F having the collar G has a transverse opening, l, intersecting the perforation H, and

fitted with a plug, J, by which said perforation may be closed.

K is a short tube fitting upon the plug F below the collar G, and forming a protecting cap or cover for the brush M, it being provided with a stopper, L, as shown.

The operation of the deviceis obvious. By partly withdrawing the plug J the fluid con tained in the handle will flow to the brush M, enabling it to be applied conveniently. Should the dow be sluggish, air may be admitted through groove D in stopper O by partly withdrawing the'latter. For delicate applications to sensitive surfaces-such as the application to wounds of medicinal preparationsthe stopper L may be removed and tube K filled with cotton or other absorbent material, which receives the fluid from the brush and applies it more delicately than the brush itself; or, as shown in the modification, Fig. 3, absorbent material-such as a sponge-may be substituted for the hair brush M.

This device is simple and inexpensive, and exceedingly useful for all purposes for which ordinary brushes may be used, and for many purposes for which ordinary brushes are not convenient.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination, with the tubular handle, of the plug F, having collar G, longitudinal perforation H, and brush M, and the tube K, having stopper L, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JENNIE MATHEWS MOORE.

Witnesses:

J. S. SURBER, D. C. BoswELL. 

